In the first guitar building class I took years ago, the instructor had us bend rosewood sides by first soaking them in a tank containing hot water for about 30 minutes. We then clamped them onto a form with no heat blanket and left them overnight. It worked with no ill effects.

So maybe soaking the sides would make them easier to bend on a bending iron. When I bend Indian rosewood sides on a bending iron, I just spritz the section of the side I'm bending with water from a spray bottle and that works fine.

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If your Rosewood sides are 1/4 sawn.there is NO need to soak them.They have allot of LIQUID IN THEM -they bend better then most woods.natural oils, resins .But thickness is important.2-2.5mm is good for quarter sawn sides.

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